start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm boris sanchez. we have plenty to get to this morning. donald trump campaign is remaining ambiguous of the most stunning flip of his campaign. if it happens. sources at the hispanic round table at trump tower say the republican candidate was not firm on what has been the foundation of his campaign. the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. some left with the impression that donald trump would consider a path to legalization. others did not get that vibe. on "state of the union" his campaign manager was noncommittal. chris frates has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. you may remember that donald trump hard in the primaries on the plan to deport the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. on sunday, kellyanne conway signalled the stance may be softening. here is dana bash pressing conway. >> let me play something from what mr. trump has said. listen to what he said back in november. >> you have a deportation force. you will do it humanely. >> are you ripping people out of their homes? >> they are going back to where they came.

back, we'll have trump senior adviser boris epstein onset to talk about trump's speech. ♪ mark: always lots to talk about in trump world. let's get right to it with our next guest, boris epstein. welcome. >> thanks for having me. the state is strong. 85 days to go. the candidate is focused on national security, on the economy, on driving a message. sideshow stories out there, but very confident within the campaign. mark: people said it is trump's to lose. boris: i think it is ours to win. america is looking at a binary option. donny: i believe that trump has nine deadly sins. we don't have to go through all of the e-mails. i'm a firm believer. he gave a solid speech today. unless he somehow walks them back and says i was doing this for a reason and i want to apologize, i think those deadly sins stick with him. i do not believe he can just go forward without taking two steps back. boris: this is my third campaign. unfortunately, the first two were losers. going back and relitigating old issues never works. he is not going to do it. we can disagree. going forward, driving the mes

>>> that's it for us. i'll see you tonight at 10:00. "early start" with christine romans and boris sanchez begins now. >> donald trump stepping up his attacks against hillary clinton. he's calling for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between her time at the state department and charitiable foundation. the republican nominee not holding back. >>> hillary clinton facing the release of thousands more documents uncovered during her time as secretary of state. how is she responding? >>> and president obama getting set to visit louisiana where he will survey damage from the flooding. what else to expect from the president's trip. welcome to "early start." i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, august 23rd. donald trump turning up the heat. calling hillary clinton corrupt and describing her as criminality and probing links with the state department and the clinton foundation. this is hours before trump demanded that the foundation be shutdown. in a speech in akron, trump also targeted clinton on immigration. hours after his own planned speech on that subject wa

mess that was his gray hair. >> the least of his problems. >> welcome to "early start." i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. the trump campaign is remaining ambiguous of what could be the most stunning reversal of his campaign if it happens. sources present at the hispanic round table saturday at trump tower say the candidate was not firm on what has been a centerpiece his campaign. a foundation of his campaign. the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. some were left with the impression that donald trump would consider a path to legalization. his campaign manager was not committal. cnn's chris frates has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine and boris. you may remember donald trump campaigned hard to deport the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. on sunday, kellyanne conway signalled his hard line stance may be softens. here is dana bash pressing conway. >> let me play something from what mr. donald trump said back in november. >> you have a deportation force. >> how? >> they are going back where th

more about this now with boris epistein, a senior advisor to the trump campaign. and a democratic strategist and ron brownstein is a senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. you first, boris, pennsylvania has voted democrat for the past six presidential elections, why does donald trump feel it couldn't happen again unless they're cheating involved? >> if you look at the disaffected voters, voters have been left behind by the economy the clintons put in place by nafta, by what the tpp would bring. those voters are present in pennsylvania. yes, there's a couple of polls out there that are showing donald trump behind. pennsylvania is absolutely in play. he did extremely well there in the primaries. donald trump is convinced as are we, as the whole campaign is, he will win pennsylvania. voter fraud, his statement says we don't want it to be voter fraud. that should be bipartisan. we should have voter id laws in every state. >> when you look at the polling that chris frates referenced showing clinton up double digits in battle ground states like colorado, florida, no

. >> always glad to be here, christine, i'm glad you could join us, i'm boris sanchez, 4:00 a.m. on the east toast. we start with breaking news, a deadly earthquake in the mountains of italy. the 6.2 quake hit six miles north of norcia. and in the hardest hit town of amatrice, the mayor said buildings are destroyed and access to many areas are cut off. he's now pleading for outside help. let's go to barbie nadeu. she's editor of the daily beast, barbie, what are we learning -- >> reporter: this happened hours ago. all we keep hearing people were in their cars and buildings falling. in the area as well. >> so hard to hear barbie so well. we're going to get out of that conversation, come back to her in a minute. she's obviously very busy. at least 21 dead. half that town, half that town said to be gone. leveled, with the 6.2 magnitude earthquake. the italian red cross mobilizing all of its researches. medical personal and search and rescue crews already onsite in the disaster area. >> it's a first priority to find people under the building that collapsed to find the survivors. you have to unde

better if you decide that in the initial comments? boris: he is someone who is attacked by mr. khan. it was a bipartisan speech. he was at the dnc. it was a partisan affair. he spoke in a partisan way. it was an attacking speech. donald trump reacted to the speech. some of the comments -- the george --fidence to comments the george stephanopoulos, i am time of what he said. veterans, republican veterans, democratic veterans have come out and said this guy paid ultimate price defending his country. his parents have the right to say what they want. you say what to those veterans of both parties who are deeply and profoundly offended by what mr. trump said? trump,they, like mr. have the right to their opinion. i happen to disagree. i think goldstar parents do deserve upmost respect, absolute respect. but do they get to say whatever they want? john: you are saying it's wrong to be offended? boris: who says that? john: the veterans group. boris: mr. trump has the right to be offended by thing said about him. taking the comments -- mark: one of mr. trump's close confidant is roger stone.

? boris: he is someone who is attacked by mr. khan. it was a bipartisan speech. he was at the dnc. it was a partisan affair. he spoke in a partisan way. it was an attacking speech. donald trump reacted to the speech. some of the comments directed to george stephanopoulos, i am time of what he said. john: veterans, republican veterans, democratic veterans have come out and said this guy paid ultimate price defending his country. his parents have the right to say what they want. you say what to those veterans of both parties who are deeply and profoundly offended by what mr. trump said? boris: they, like mr. trump, have the right to their opinion. i happen to disagree. i think goldstar parents do deserve upmost respect, absolute respect. but do they get to say whatever they want? john: you are saying it's wrong to be offended? boris: who says that? john: the veterans group. boris: mr. trump has the right to be offended by thing said about him. taking the comments -- mark: one of mr. trump's close confidant is roger stone. he has accused mr. khan of being part of a radical muslim group t

provides more amusement than a theme park. and he is my second favorite boris after app natasha. a senior advisor to the trump campaign,wboris epstein and her his team has been in the playoffs for the past year or he has given up on life. joe devito. let's start the show. >> when it comes to his campaign staff, donald trump is taking some advice from the cars, shake it up. how do you like that reference? they announced polster kelly anne conway was announced the campaign manager. assuming the title of campaign chief executive. although the moves are being reported as a diminishing role he keeps his sight tell and -- title and they describe the addition as an expansion of the team. what does this mean? well, since we have a senior advisor to the trump campaign and a hillary clinton supporter on the panel it means it is time for a new "red eye" success meant. segment. let's go to boris first. put 30 seconds on the clock please. boris, what does it all mean? go. >> it is an expansion of the team. this happened in late august and early september. you want all hands on deck to win in november.

with you, boris. can you admit this is a pattern with donald trump that he says these things and then he doesn't own up to them? >> we could dissect each one but that's probably not a good use of anyone's time. politicians definitely have a way of conducting themselves. for a year now, donald trump was a politician. each one of those on its own was not a big of a deal. of course, it's a narrative being driven by the media. >> what's the big deal about john mccain as a war hero because he was captured, megyn kelly had blood coming out of her wherever. the second amendment thing, those weren't big deal, the khan family wasn't a big deal? >> the utmost respect to captain khan and for their sacrifice. they went to the dnc and attacked donald trump. he has a right to respond. no issue there. if you want to talk about what he said about megyn kelly, you have to take him at his word for what he actually meant. >> it seems to be a pattern, that he says these things and doesn't -- if he clarifies the second amendment, i'd give an interview if the pattern is saying things and then being asked a

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. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm boris sanchez. it is tuesday, august 23rd. we start with donald trump. he is turning up the rhetorical heat on hillary clinton calling her corrupt. edamming what he described as hes her criminality and calling for a special prosecutor to probe links with the secretary of state and the clinton foundation. in a speech last night in akron, ohio, he targeted clinton on immigration. this comes hours after his planned speech on the subject was postponed. we have cnn's sara murray with more from ohio. >> reporter: good morning, boris and christine. this was supposed to be the week donald trump was to be talking about immigration. he is on the trail to hammer hillary clinton. he accused her in akron, ohio of pay for play and called for a special prosecutor to look at the ties with the clinton foundation and state department. >> p the clinton foundation huge sums of money and throw in big speaking fees for bill clinton and you got to play. the amounts involved, the favors done and the significant number of times it was do

it with senior adviser for the trump campaign, boris epshteyn, and tara ros rosencrantz. so boris, what is happening to trump's policy on immigration? would you describe it as changing, evolving, shifting? is it any of that? >> it's exactly what mr. pence said. first, we'll deport any criminals. we'll end sanctuary cities and make sure e-verify is on the books. >> but is that a change -- >> i'll contrast -- >> -- an evolution, or just more detail? >> fredricka, the key is to contrast what donald trump has said and is saying, who wants to have amnesty, swing the borders wide up, have a 550% increase if syrian refugees in this country and get rid of america as we know it. donald trump will keep america safe, american jobs in place, and president clinton will do more to harm america, just as she's done in her 40 years in public office. >> so taryn, are those fair comparisons to make? is it fair enough to say concretely, this is ow clinton sees it, this is ow donald trump sees quit? >> no, and i don't think there's anything consistent coming out of donald trump's campaign except for h

, some republicans want the gop candidate to change his message. mark thiessen and boris epstein are next on whether that could be a dangerous idea. >> and then almost eight months after her last news conference, hillary clinton today agreed to take some reporter questions. what do you know? wait until you see how that one went, just ahead. >> are you mischaracterizing director comey's testimony, and director comey's testimony, and is this not undercutting youri'. but i have a story [music] and i don't know where to start. i feel alone in a crowd. i can't sleep. i feel overwhelmed. i don't even know who i am anymore. i still have nightmares. i can't live like this anymore. i'm really not so good. but are you ready to listen? [text] suicide prevention is everyone's responsibility. [text] listen to the service member or veteran in your life. [music] >>> all right. as howie kurtz was just mentioning a moment ago, before the big news broke tonight about donald trump endorsing speaker paul ryan, we were hearing reports this week suggesting some republicans were hoping to have what they ca

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sanchez. joining us from new york, boris epstein, the senior adviser to the trump campaign. congresswoman, did hillary clinton miss an opportunity by not accepting the invitation from president pena first? >> i don't think so. i mean hillary clinton is focused on what she needs to do to win the presidential election. that's talking to voters here in the united states. i think it's pretty fool hearty for donald trump to take a break and travel outside the country to somehow try to elevate his stature when we're less than 100 days from the election and he's doing so poorly in the polls. clearly he's not focused on what he needs to do here in order to win the presidential election. >> we're actually 69 days away from the election. boris, let me let you respond to that. why did he decide to accept the last-minute invitation? >> first of all donald trump is up in a lot of the polls, up in the l.a. times poll, tied in several others, she's either up with or tied in florida, ohio and very close no pennsylvania and michigan. we're doing absolutely fine in the polls and he's take a

water in front of you. much better to turn around than it is to drown. >> cnn correspondent boris sanchez and the cnn photographer are covering this story from louisiana. i want to begin with boris, and what you have been seeing. >> fred, we're on the road headed to an area that didn't get that much rain but the real danger, the danger that governor was alluding to, a lot of these wetlands, tributaries, connected to other areas where there's been flooding are now going to get swamped with a ton of floodwater. i spoke to one woman who said there was very little rain in her neighborhood but going late into last night and early this morning, all that water came into her home. about a foot of water went into her home now he's standing outside with her sons trying to get stuff out of there. in another area, not far from here, there were family, volunteers, gathering, bringing in boats to try to get to family members. i spoke to one woman who said she hadn't spoken to her sister for half an hour. her sister had to flee her home with her young children. she went down with the help of her

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correspondent covering the 2016 presidential campaign. clinton supporter bazell smickel, boris epstein, clinton supporter bacari sellers, trump supporter paris denard, and correspondent for "the new york times," as well. you heard sean spicer moments ago saying democrats have to denounce these comments. do they? >> no. i mean -- and sean's a good friend of mine. let me raise my hand as being one complicit in the charge and assertion. for many people, especially young african-american millennials who i talk to a regular pace is, our fathers, our mothers got an opportunity to beat back many of the project disses, xenophobia, bigotry, hatred of the '50s, '60s, '70s. there are many thanks donald trump espousing. the xenophobia, bigotry, racism. having white nationalist say he's speaking to us, i think it's more than troublesome. trump has to do more than say i don't think i want their vote. he has to do what john mccain did. he has to do what bob dole did. he has to say that this has no place in the republican party. >> boris, the difference here is -- they're not hinting that these are re

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from texas supporting hillary clinton. boris epstein, senior advisor to the donald trump campaign. wana summers, editor for cnn politics. so great to have you all on today. wendy davis, i'd love to just begin with you. you just heard peter saying at the end of the day, it is not about politics, it is about getting this region help. on louisiana. you know politics. you also understand optics. how do you think the president's visit was handled? >> i think it is important that he went. a lot of folks obviously believe he should have gone sooner. but the real proof for the people in louisiana will come from what the federal government does to help them in the situation that they currently find themselves in and i feel confident that president obama and his administration is going to step up and do right by that community and make sure that they provide the relief that's needed there. >> the homeland security secretary, jeh johnson, was on the ground last week. craig fugate, fema, even the governor of state, boris, has said to the president, please, our resources are so thin, wait a we

crews be fighting against the weather. let's bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> boris and christine, the only piece of good news coming out of this is the weather pattern next week. hard-pressed to find much in the way of cloud cover over this region in the next coming days. in fact, the forecast over the next three days showing a warming trend, in the mid-80s. overnight, close to 60 degrees. all of these fantastic when it comes to search and rescue for folks in this region. upwards of 20 million people feeling the shaking associated with this quake. the usgs does a wonderful job of looking at previous quakes. based on previous data, it would be between 100 to 1,000 people. we take a look at previous ga s quakes, we know in 2009, the l'aquila quake, a 6.3.1, also six miles in depth and happening in the 3:30 in the morning period. very similar quakes to what we saw of a couple years ago. guys. >>> also breaking overnight, north korea test firing a submarine based ballistic missile off the east coast. it landed 300 miles away in the sea of japan, also known as the east sea.

hillary clinton's record as secretary of state. i want to bring in boris eshpteyn. he's a senior adviser to the trump campaign. margaret is back with me. also joined by a clinton supporter. get your popcorn. this is going to be easy. andre, i'm going to start with you. first speech after a big campaign shake-up. what did you think? >> i think he showed some humbleness and apologized for hurting people's feelings in the past. >> i thought it was a great speech, on the lead-in, on the going after hillary clinton, on the ransom on iran, on the e-mails and her lifetime of lying and pivoting back and talking about jobs and trade. and saving inner-cities in this country. margaret, honestly, he sounded like he was launching his presidential bid tonight. it was like, wait a minute, when he launched it, why didn't he give this speech. is this a pivotal? >> or the big pivot that everyone is talking about. >> i hate that word. go ahead. >> everyone said he'll get professional and start acting presidential once he gets the nomination. it sorts of reminds you of a dieter. they stick to the di

on wednesday. hallie jackson, thanks for your reporting, as always. >>> i'm joined by boris epstein, senior adviser to the trump campaign. thanks for joining me. really appreciate it. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i want to start with breaking news that we're getting. i want to get your response to something just tweeted out by pastor mark burns. you know who he is. an african-american adviser and surrogate for the trump campaign. and i want to warn our viewers that some people may find this image that we're about to put up offensive. we are going to put up the image, though. we're going to explain what you're looking at. this is hillary clinton essentially in black face and the words pastor burns tweeted along with this picture are black americans, thank you for your votes and letting me use you again. see you again in four years. boris, what's your reaction to that. is that appropriate? >> the image likely is not appropriate but the message is that pastor burns and a lot of other african-americans around this country are sick and tired of being talked to and pandered by hi

secretary of state. i want to bring in boris eshpteyn. sew what did you think? >> i think he showed some humbleness and apologized for hurting people's feelings in the past. >> i thought it was a great speech, on the lead-in, on the going after hillary clinton, on the ransom on iran, on the e-mails and her lifetime of lying and pivoting back and talking about jobs and trade. >> he sounded like he was launching his presidential bid tonight. when he launched it, why didn't he give this speech? is this a restart? >> or the big pivot that everyone is talking about. >> i hate that word. go ahead. >> everyone said he'll get professional and start acting presidential once he gets the nomination. it sorts of reminds you of a dieter. they stick to the diet and they have the calorie count and two or three days later, they just blow it. >> come on, margaret. stop hating. >> let her say it. >> i'm not hating. i'm saying if we're realistic, it not what he does today. it what he does tomorrow and the next day and the next day. >> but did you like the speech? >> there were elements of it that i quite l

to economics. boris says this is an economic issue. >> this is more than an economic issue. boris and donald trump and many of donald trump's surrogates have this inability to comprehe comprehend inter-sectionalty. boris and donald trump always want to say it's the economics. it's jobs and when i get in office, i'm going to solve this problem immediately without any solutions. let me give you a solution that hillary clinton talks about because you already talked about her gunman. there is a 30-20-10 plan where you're dedicating 10% of government spending to the 20% of communities that have been facing poverty for 30 years or more. and we're talking about infusing direct resources right into those communities so you can actually have those jobs. you can invest in science, technology, engineering and math, things that are very important. do you even know the young lady's name who was killed two days ago? >> i do know her name. i don't appreciate you bringing that up and trying to paint me somehow as out of touch. the left has been using this issue to divide america. >> hold on. let

over to mike pence. let's talk about this. political commentator, boris epstein, senior advisor to the trump campaign. larry sabato, senator of politics at the university of virginia and sally cohen and hillary clinton supporter. welcome to all of you. boris, i want to start with you. the "wall street journal" says donald trump is not running a competent campaign. is that mr. trump's fault? if that's indeed true. >> that's incorrect. the campaign is absolutely competent. we just heard about this speech will be put out today. that's what americans care about. isis or its pred -- >> it is a murdock owned paper. get it together, or get out. >> every editorial board has the right to their opinion and that's an opinion piece. the campaign is absolutely come tent. fighting radical islam terrorism. that's what donald trump will talk about in ohio and that's what americans care about. >> tara, can mr. trump stay on message and -- >> well, he hasn't thus far. if he were running a competent campaign, he wouldn't be hemorrhaging support even from republicans. he wouldn't be competitive or losing

. lanny davis and senior adviser to the trump campaign, boris epstein. great to have both of you gentlemen. let's do this old school lawyer-style. boris, you start with the allegation and let lanny respond. >> the clinton foundation was set up and is operated as a vehicle for international organization and domestic donors and international donors to carry favors and gain leverage with the clintons. examples, fernando, being named to a national security. he had no national security background. gilbert show gur i, international criminal who are has given millions to the foundation. attending bill clinton's birthday party and being asked on behalf of to have meetings with ex-ambassadors. another one who has an association with hezbollah that can't even come to this country. clinton foundation only spends 15% of the monty has on actual charities. not even rated by charity navigator. it's not a charity. it's a business. "the new york times" says it should be shut down. it should absolutely be shut down now and the money returned. >> lanny, you counter those. >> well, one at a time. yo

campaign. also katie, she's also an msnbc contributor. boris, has the secret service question donald trump about what he said today? >> i have no idea what the secret service has or has not done. i am not aware, i assume they have not. based on the comment, all they said they were aware. >> you've never seen the secret service comment on something one of your candidates have said. >> the secret service has commented on goings on at campaign and that's a lot. >> not anything a candidate has said, in the history of it. >> whether i've seen or not or know if they haven't, i haven't gone through the history, i can't tell you whether they have or not in the mat. saying they're aware of something. >> so, boris, are you going to do that thing, you're not going to use the joke defense, are you going to use the trump campaign official thing that we didn't hear and the secret service didn't hear what the secret service is going. >> i'm not going to parse words. >> we're not going to parse. >> and what he meant. >> not innotation. >> there are 90 million legal gun owners in this country, that's a lot

with details, kristin sole last, "washington examiner," boris epstein and trump strategist and capri cafaro, ohio state senator. they're all with me right now. first to you, president obama and hillary clinton have both tried to show trump a very dangerous guy. you don't want his finger on the trigger but on other hand doesn't seem like that rhetoric is working with these polls. >> there is another part of the poll which it shows a large number of voters prefer hillary clinton to donald trump on question of who to handle nuclear weapons but on terrorism, some people are making a distinction. certainly donald trump has said, look, things are not going on the right track. we need a dramatically different approach. voters are pretty split whether a dramatically different approach embodied by donald trump's tough talk and tough rhetoric is the direction they want to take. david: capri, there are a number of foreign policy advisors donald trump has. some of whom we have used here at fox news. one is walid phares, who spoke earlier today about whether he would trust donald trump with these

message. >> we appreciate it. >> let's bring in maria cardona, and boris epstein, a republican strategist and trump surrogate. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, victor. >> boris, let me start with you. what changed between donald trump expressing his reluctance to endorse ryan and mccain and his coming out last night? nothing, from what i see changed, except from the outcry from the party. >> well, victor, it's all about party unity. donald trump knows what's best, not just for politicians, but for the party and for the country as a whole. that's -- >> he didn't know that last week? >> victor, let me finish now. >> okay. >> that's what's best for the country as a whole. he take a look at the situation and decided it is important to endorse paul ryan, senator mccain, and senator ayotte and that's what he did. and again, he knows what's best for the country and that's when the decision was made. >> okay, you've now finished. he didn't know that last week? >> he was evaluating the options. this is within the republican party. this is gop versus gop. the people in those

enough for him to win this election. boris epshteyn is senior adviser to the clinton campaign and richard fallon, radio host. is this aimed at getting the number up among white moderates or aimed at encouraging african-americans to vote for him? >> the campaign is absolutely aimed at bringing in people of all communities, of all backgrounds. of course, specifically, at african-americans. if you look at where african-americans are in this country, 26% poverty among african-americans. double unemployment among african-americans than that of white people. if you look at a city like chicago, 4,000 murders from when barack obama became president. of course donald trump is speaking to people in african-american communities saying give me a chance, look at what you have had under democratic leaders, are you any better off. the answer is absolutely they are not. >> what has trump done for african-americans politically or in his private life so far? >> politically is not a fair question. >> his private life. >> he's employed a lot of african-americans, lot of african-american leaders in hi

so far, a thousand. this of course obviously one of the shots from the helicopter. boris sanchez is joining us. we hear the governor is planning to tour some of the hardest hit areas today. what are you seeing, boris? >> reporter: that number is staggering, more than a thousand r rescues. when you think about it, it's really incredible that officials have been able to get to so many people. so many roads are closed and so many towns are cut off. more than 100 roads and highways across the state are shut down. it's really easy to get yourself caught in a precarious situation. we were driving, heading to baton rouge. as soon as we were driving in the darkness, we were almost submerged in the water. we had to start backing out. this highway is essentially cut off. we saw several people in larger cars make it through, but eventually they had to head back, because on the other side of this bridge there were more road close yours. there's a lot of people stopped behind us right now, unable to head west, where the storm is moving, baton rouge. hopefully as the sun rises, we'll get a cleare

destruction. boris sanchez is live with more. hi, boris. >> reporter: hey, good morning, carol. the floodwater is receding, but not in some areas. as a matter of fact, some areas like we're standing, it has gotten worst. the backwater flooding has entered this neighborhood, the last stop before the mississippi river, blocking roads, making it difficult for neighbors to get inside their homes. it is hard to get an idea on the kbrou ground how expansive it is. a lot of damage, widespread, tens of thousands of people are in shelters right now. more than 60,000 people have actually requested help with fema. it tells you, desperate need out there. there was a curfew last night in part to keep people out of dangerous situations. also to prevent crime. yesterday, last night, carol, there were ten people arrested for looting. >> all right, boris sanchez, reporting live from gonzalez, louisiana this morning. near baton rouge. thanks so much, boris. >>> a monster sized wildfire is moving fast in california. the blue cut fire, as it is being called, has burned 18,000 acres in 12 hours. scorchi

convicted... brown faces decades in prison. services were held today for metro k-9 officer boris. boris passed away earlier this month... just hours after finishing a search, he was ten years old and getting ready to retire. metro tweeted today-- thank you for your tireless service to our community boris. rest in peace. police in milwaukee are bracing for another violent night.... as they move into day three of violent riots. "barrett says: "i'm calling on all residents in this city, do not do further damage to this great the riots-- stemming from tthe fatal police shooting of an african-american man who reportedly had a gun. on sunday alone--police reported 30 incidents of shots fired. in all-- 8 officers have been injured. and a total of 7 businesses have been burned or destroyed in the riots. police say there is body camera video that will eventually be released. police in florida arrest the man wanted in the shooting death a georgia police officer... after receiving a tip about the car he made be riding in... " the driver and passenger were detained, a search of the vehicle w

democratic president, boris yeltsin. right before the overthrow attempt, gorbachewas about to sign a treaty that would have loosened the soviet union's grip on member states even further. "clearly the proximity of the signing of the union treaty is what pushed people to act." as leader of the communist party and soviet union, his decisions pushed some of his closest allies away and on august 19, 1991, they put a plan in action to remove him from power. "apparently, mikhail gorbachev's immediate subordinates, his vice president and prime minister, betrayed him, joining a group of hard-liners that staged a coup against the father of parastroika and glastnos." the coup attempt began by cutting off communication between gorbachev and moscow. "we have highly reliable reports that before this event occurred the prime minister valentine pavlov and another hard-liner flew to mikhail gorbachev's vacation d a that he resign. when gorbachev refused, valentine pavlov told him, 'you are going to be sick for a very long time.'" at the order of the revolutionary leaders, tanks stormed into moscow t

, boris epshteyn. boris what do you think went on? >> obvious what went on. :fon foundation was vehicle. they put out a call they were open for business. it was vehicle for domestically and very important internationally to gain leverage over the clintons. you didn't mention, representatives of 16 governments had meetings with clinton. those governments gave at least 170 million to the foundation while she was secretary of state. this after she signed a pledge, a pledge that foreign governments would no longer be giving money into her foundation. that was a lie. she has lied on everything. she has lied on the emails, on the foundation. she even lied about lying. trish: basil, you see what the criticism is. was she for sale as secretary of state? >> no, not at all. secretary of state. it is not problematic for her to meet with leaders of foreign governments. trish: maybe it was problematic for her to meet -- why give one-on-one meeting unless -- >> one of those meetings was with melinda gates who is international philanthropist. muhammad yunis a nobel prize winner. i think criticism of a

you want. boris, give me a chance to speak. >> you know, i think that he exploits some of the electorate and his supporters and his he's a master at exploiting negative -- >> more voters than ever in the history of the primaries -- >> that doesn't mean they're right. it couldn't doesn't mean all those 14 million votes are agree with everybody he does and people who say they don't agree with everybody. >> over 100 congressmen are supporting -- >> you can't deny there are other conservatives that are supporting him. i don't think they're saying -- all of them are say willing. there are some that can be, as, you know, whatever phobia you want to put on it. >> it could be construed one way or another. >> but he's introduced a whole -- >> when you're running for president of the united states, the standards are here and not here. >> so let's talk about hillary clinton. michael, you spent time with trump. you followed him and studied him for years. when did he get into this habit of making unsubstantiated claims and accusations? >> at least as far back as the 1980s. you know, everyo

effectively taken over the republican party. deirdre: senior adviser to donald trump boris epshteyn is with me now. >> good to see you. deirdre: was hillary clinton's speech so over the top that she may have alienated more independent voters than she converted? >> it was ill timed, it was paranoid, it was almost pathetic. this is the worst week of her campaign. she should be answering questions, she should have a press conference. deirdre: you said something they want to pick up on, is this her idea of the best defense is a strong offense? >> except it's a weak offense and drudging up conspiracy theories. accusing our campaign of putting out conspiracy theories. she's the one doing that. look at where her campaign is, we're addressing aggressive outreach to african-americans to all americans. we are the party of uniting america, the democrats want to divide race and america and americans. deirdre: you are a strategist, you are helping the republican side, helping donald trump. if you were working on her team, do you think the idea that she thinks more e-mails coming, so she has to do t

2016 race. host of "reliable sources" brian stelter is here and eugene scott and boris epstein, a senior adviser for the trump campaign. did i just mispronounce your name again? it's like the second time in five minutes. >> that's all right. >> you've got a brilliant insight into the trump campaign and i'm going to ask what you make of this big shakeup. before i do that, more about one of the guys that's been brought in, steven bannon. you've done some research into his background in the media and breitbart news. kellyanne conway we know. she was just seated in this chair yesterday. steven bannon, maybe some people do not know him. >> breitbart news, a conservative news website, loaded with opinion, much of it anti-clinton and anti-obama and very much pro trump. by bringing in bannon on the team as ceo, tough populist approaches towards immigration and other topics. bannon is a master of the political dark arts. being called the most dangerous political operative in america. that would make you think we're going to see even more tough, fiery approaches from trump in the weeks and

and florida. joining me now, ana marie cox, senior political correspondent for mtv news. boris epstein, senior advisor for the trump campaign and former mccain/palin aide. patrick healy, political correspondent for the "times." let me begin down the middle with patrick healy. you have a new piece out in the "times" and you talk about a ceiling. you say mr. trump now faces the great possibility that his missteps have erected a ceiling over his support. is that exactly what we're seeing in this poll? >> that's what we're seeing. there is such anxiety right now among trump supporters that loyal republicans, anti-establishment independents, clinton-hating democrats who would normally be attracted to donald trump's scripted message are being turned off by these sort of unscripted shoot from the hip comments that either seem strange or offensive or alarming. the feeling like they want sort of the policy, they want the critique of hillary clinton, but instead they're getting these sort of -- a lot of mud that's being thrown around and questions being raised. >> patrick, this isn't just anecdo

, reporting live in warren, michigan. >>> let's talk about this, boris epstein, senior advisor and david madlen, american action fund, hallowed out, why the economy doesn't work without a strong middle class. welcome to both of you. let's get the tax issue off the table right now. good morning, boris. boris, will it work, will trump bend and release his taxes since she may release hers as early as tomorrow. >> that's up to donald trump as an individual. he has released 104 pages of a financial disclosure form which is much more extensive than any tax return. hillary clinton is trying to obstruct from the real issue. she may be releasing her tax returns, but i would like to see the clinton global initiative that received $1 billion from a donor asking for favors from the state department and probably got the favors, no matter what people say. those are the issues american people want to know about, the pay to play. >> again, no hard-core evidence there was any pay to play involved, not yet at least. >> a request for a meeting, and that was improper. >> the e-mails raise questions, i

the country. meanwhile in parliament, the former london mayor boris johnson was highlighting to a committee session his distaste for what he saw as interfering rules from the european union. >> one of the rules, the ludicrous rules, that you cite -- it says you cannot recycle a teabag and that children under eight cannot blow up balloons. adult supervision is required in the case of the use of balloons by children under age. i have to say that in my household, it is only children under eight that use balloons. i do think it is absolutely ludicrous to have this kind of prescription. >> at the european level -- >> children under 8 can suffocate. it is not requiring -- >> it is requiring that it be placed on the packaging. >> chancellor george osborne and his team made their claim. house values would tumble. holidays would cost more. the average family would be an astonishingly specific number of pounds less off. were they exaggerated at the treasury committee? >> interest rates going up. house prices going to slump. i just wonder if you are strengthening or weakening your argument b

advisor to the trump campaign boris epstein and douglas smykles. let's start right off the bat with the numbers. before you came on the air, boris, the analysts sitting in the chair before you said somehow this will come out spun by donald trump as something negative, this -- this tax release that shows she paid a lot of taxes. upwards of almost 40% inincome taxes. people would say, wow, that's a really good thing. is it? >> that's up to her and her family how much they pay. i would like to see the information on the tax returns. i'd like to see the clinton global foundation tax returns. they're putting these tax returns out now. i would like to see the 33,000 e-mails that supposedly didn't have anything state related in them but we all know they did and the other e-mails that she's hiding. >> we're going from the tax return story to the clinton foundation and the e-mails and that will be the narrative? >> if she is being transparent she should be transparent about everything. >> before i go to you, i need to get some reaction, boris, from the trump camp on these recent numbers. they ar